“Not open-minded” has become such a funny phrase. When people used to say that someone is “not open-minded,” it meant “intolerant of those different from themselves, especially those in a minority position.” These days, it more often than not means “intolerant of intolerance.” I am fine with the modern definition. That definitely applies to me!
I believe my post explained this comment quite well, and the hypocrisy this emoji implies you found in it was not present.
To answer your second comment... at some point, it becomes unconscionable to vote for a candidate even if you agree with them on a particular issue because of their positions on other issues. Civil and/or human rights, personal freedoms, and other such things should not be written off as collateral damage for other issues. I do believe that there are people who simply don’t know a candidate’s position on every issue & research only what’s important to them (for example, jobs). I certainly don’t know every candidate’s position on every issue. In that sense, I think it’s unfair to say that someone is cruel or stupid just because they voted for a particular candidate, as some imply. I also can’t agree with the “all Liberals are X” & “all Conservatives are X” statements. Too broad & too polarizing.
However, I can’t recall a time (in my personal experience) when a person who has been vocal about the candidate they voted for has not also been vocal about their positions on various issues. It’s difficult for me to imagine a situation in which someone would simply say “I voted for X” & not elaborate on why, or make it very clear via other statements, the contents of their social media page, etc. It may well happen, but I have never seen it.
